Suffragan diocese Ratchaburi, Thailand
Diocese of Ratchaburi
Ratchaburen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in western Thailand, begun in 1930 as the Mission sui iuris of Rajaburi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bangkok, raised through prefecture (1934) and vicariate (1941) to a diocese in 1965. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangkok, its seat is the Nativity of Our Lady Cathedral in Bang Nok Khwaek, Samut Songkhram Province.
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- Established
- 1930
- Catholics
- 15,730
- Priests
- 71
- Territory
- 31,362 km²
Parishes and churches
31 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Silvio Siripong Charatsri
- Born
- 10 December 1959
- Birthplace
- Ban Nok Kwaek
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The cathedral
Nativity of Our Lady Cathedral, Bang Nok Khwaek stands in Ratchaburi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.